'That’s the beauty of Dave,' said Jon Stewart. 'I don’t know anybody who cares more deeply and anyone who gives less of a f*ck.'
Dave Chappelle at the 2019 Mark Twain Prize ceremony. Photo: Tracey Salazar When the Kennedy Center gave Dave Chappelle the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night, the event was, from beginning to end, completely Chappellian.
The controversial nature of Chappelle’s comedy was not ignored throughout the nearly three-hour program, which will be edited into a two-hour special airing January 6 on PBS. Several of the montages of Chappelle’s work — which included bits from his stand-up specials, Chappelle’s Show, interviews, and film work — emphasized that. One was even titled “Crossing the Line.
“We pulled up to this huge gate, I mean huge,” Haddish recalled of what happened next. “I was like, ‘Are we gonna be bowling at Jurassic Park?’ We get out of the car, go to the door, and guess who opened the door? Eddie Murphy opened the door! I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. I can’t believe it. Axel Foley has a bowling alley!’”
Yasiin Bey, in a spoken-word duet with Q-Tip, recounted the time that he and Chappelle, a native of the D.C. area, were hanging out in D.C. and walked over to the White House to see if, by some chance, George W. Bush wanted to hang. A security guard came out to speak to them, but before he could get any words out, Chappelle said, “I used to live here. I just wanted to see the place,” and walked away.
During every single one of these stories, Chappelle sat in his box and laughed, sometimes pounding on the railing in front of him or even getting up out of his chair for a second when he was really amused. He did that a few times during the 14-minute walk down Half Baked and Chappelle’s Show memory lane provided by Brennan, the honoree’s frequent writing partner, who gave the best speech of the night.
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